Big Four Conference (Oklahoma)

The Big Four Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1929 to 1932. Its membership was centered on the state of Oklahoma.^[1]

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Current conference
Oklahoma Baptist University	Shawnee, Oklahoma	1910	Bison	Great American (NCAA D-II)
Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	1904	Goldbugs[n 1]	Sooner (NAIA)
Phillips University	Enid, Oklahoma	1906	Haymakers	Closed in 1998
University of Tulsa	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1894	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American Athletic (NCAA D-I)

Notes

1. Oklahoma City was known as the Goldbugs at the time.

Football champions

		Record
Year	Champions	Conference	Overall	Head coach
1929	Tulsa	4–0–1	6–3–1	Gus Henderson
1930	Tulsa	3–0	7–2	Gus Henderson
1931	Oklahoma City	3–0	12–0	Vee Green
1932	Tulsa	3–0	7–1–1	Gus Henderson

Yearly football standings

1929 Big Four Conference (Oklahoma) football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Tulsa $ 4 – 0 – 1 6 – 3 – 1 Oklahoma Baptist 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0 Oklahoma City 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0 Phillips 1 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 3 $ – Conference champion	1930 Big Four Conference (Oklahoma) football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Tulsa $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0 Oklahoma City 2 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 0 Phillips 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0 Oklahoma Baptist 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion	1931 Big Four Conference (Oklahoma) football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Oklahoma City $ 3 – 0 – 0 12 – 0 – 0 Tulsa 2 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0 Oklahoma Baptist 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0 Phillips 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 5 – 0 $ – Conference champion
1932 Big Four Conference (Oklahoma) football standings v t e Conf Overall Team W   L   T W   L   T Tulsa $ 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 1 Oklahoma Baptist 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0 Oklahoma City 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 1 Phillips 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0 $ – Conference champion

See also

• List of defunct college football conferences

References

1. Big 4 Conference Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 25, 2015.